Washing-machine.



R. E. SMlH. WASHING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED AUG-6.1917.

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WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED Aua.6. I9II.

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ATTORNEY.

.' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD E. SMITH, F LIMA, OHIO.

WASHING-MACHINE.

To all whom z'ft may camera.'

Be it known that I, RICHARD E. SMITH, a citizen of the v'United States,residing at Lima, in the county of Allen and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines, ofwhich the following is a specilication.

This invention relates to a washing machine and particularly to amachine driven by'power for washing a large number of clothes at oneoperation, and has for its object to provide 1n such a machine a washingand a rinsing tub in which may be placed a prforated basket for holdingthe clothes to `forth with means for holding cleaned, said basketthrough suitable gearlng being given a rotary and also a verticallylongitudinal movement.

Another object of the invention is to provide a washing machine of `theclass set the-basket at different points of elevation -1n the washingtub and in the rinsing tub and also with means for changing the speed of,the basket, both rotary and reciprocating, upon changing said basketfrom one tub to the other.

A further object of the invention is to provide a washing machine which,while thoroughly eiicient for the service desired, shall containrelatively few parts and which'may be operated by persons unskilled inthe use of machinery.

With the above as the principal objects in vlew, the invention consistsin the novel construction, combination and arrangement of partshereinafter described, pointed out in the appended claims andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the complete machine with the parts shownimposition for washing the clothes,

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the man-- ner of changing the washingdevice from one tub to another, a portion of the machine being shown insection,

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view on v the line 4--4 of Fig. 3,

Fig. 5 is a detail view partly in section of the means for verticallyreciprocating and rotating the clothes holding basket,

Fig. 6 is a detailed sectional view on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5,

Fi 7 is a sectional view on the line 7-7 of Flg. 6,

Fig. 8 is a plan view showing the top of Specification of LettersPatent. Patented June 11, 1918.

Application led August 8, 1917. Serial No. 184,701.

with a copper bottom 14. A cover 15 which may be of wood is adapted tofit over the tub that at the time, is in use. Mounted below the washingtub 12 is a lamp or other form of heating device 16, which, when thesame consists of a lamp, is provided w1th oil from a reservoir 17through a pipe 18.

Near one edge of the bench or table 10 and midway between the tubs.12and 13 is a vertical shaft 19, rotatably and also longitudinallyslidable in a bearing 2O secured to the bench or table and an upperbearing 21 supported by two downwardly 4extending braces 22, secured tothe side of the bench or table 10. A third brace or bracket 23 passesbetween the tubs to the top of the bench or table and is securedthereto. By this means, the upper bearing is held rigidly in alinementwith the lower bearing 20.

Below the top of the bench or table 10 the vertical shaft 19 has mountedthereon a beveled gear wheel 24 connected lthereto by a sliding key sothat the shaft may move4 longitudinally of said gear but be rotatedthereby. Below the beveled gear 24 is a bearing 25 through which .theshaft 19 passes and which rotates to a limited extent on said shaft. Aboss 26 on one side of the bearing 25 receives one end of a-horizontalshaft 27 carrying a beveled gear wheel 28 in mesh with the beveled gearwheel 24. The shaft 27 extends to near one end of the bench or table 10and is provided on its outer end with a friction wheel 29, the end ofthe shaft just within said friction wheel passing through and issupported by a depending lever 30, pivoted at its up er'end in a bracket31 on the under side o the table and connected at its lower end throughlink 32, that extends across and below the table, to an lupright handlever 33, which passes upwardly through the bench and is pivoted at theupper side thereof, said lever-terminating in a hand grip 34. A lockingdevice 35 on said lever coperates with a notched segment 36 on the benchto hol the lever in any adjusted position.

Depending from the `under side of the bench top 10 is a bracket vbearing37 in which rotates a short shaft 38, its outer end being provided witha drive pulley 39 adaptedy to be rotated from any source of power, whileits inner end has keyed thereona flanged friction pulley 40 having afriction hub 41 within the flanged portion thereof. The

friction wheel 29 extends within the anged pulley 40 and by means of thehan'd lever 33, may be brought into engagement with said hub or withtheinner surface of the iange 42, thereby changing the speed and alsothe direction of rotation of the friction wheel, its shaft 27 andthrough the gearing the vertical shaft 19. v

Pivoted to swing horizontally about the upper end of the vertical shaft19 is a horizontal rod 43 having a bearing 44 on one end for mountingthe same on the shaft 19, said rod extending across the cover 15 at oneside and to which hinges 45, secured to the top 15 are pivoted. Abovethe bearing 44 is a beveled pinion 46 secured to the upper end of shaft19, said pinion meshing w1th a like pinion 47 on one end of a horizontalshaft 48 journaled in an upright bracket member 49 bolted on the cover15 and extending to the center thereof. UThe opposite end of the shaft48 'carries a beveled gear 50 engaging a beveled pinion 51 mounted on avertical shaft 52 passing through the inner end of the bracket member 49and centrally through the cover-15, the lower endof said shaftsupporting a clothes carrying basket 53. The shaft 52 is adapted toslide vertically through the beveled pinion 51, being rotated by saidpinion through a key movable in a key-seat 52a extending longitudinallyof the shaft 52. The basket 53 is of i cylindrical shape having sideswhich are preferably forme of perforated sheet metal and having 'abottom of reticulated or wovenmesh material. The basket is closed by atwo-part to 54 hinged together at 55 in the central ine so that eitherside may be raised when desired.

Carried by the shaft 52 is a block 57 slidable upon said shaft andsecured theretoby a key 58 "having a flat side 59 which, when turnedtoward the shaft 52, permits said block to slide longitudinally on theshaft, as in Fig. 7, but when turned half around, said key engages oneof two grooves 60 and 61 formed in said shaft and locks said blockagainst horizontal movement. In one side of said block is a horizontalgroove 64 ada ted to-receive a roller 65, on one end o a crank pin 66that projects from the adjacent face of the beveled gear 50 and servesto impart a' vertical reciprocatorymovement to the shaft 52 and basket53 as thebeveled 'gear rotates. At the same time the bevel Laconia gear50 actuates fthe beveled pinion 51 andy rotates said shaft.

In the operation of the above described washing machine, the clothes tobe washed are placed in the basket 53 and the latter in the washing tub12 and lowered to thev bot-y and the heater 16 lighted to keep the wateri at a high temperature. The hand lever 33 is then moved to cause thefriction disk 29 clothes basket. This movement of the baskety 53 causesthe water in the tub 12 to circulate thoroughly through the clothes andby means of soap and other chemical substances Vin the water, thoroughlyclean them.

After the clothes have been washed, the operation -is halted by movingthe hand lever 33 a suflicient distance to bring the friction disk 29into position between the hub 41 and the flange of the friction pulley40. The vertical shaft 52 can then be raised after turning the key 58 aspreviously described, until the groove 61 is in position to be engagedby the key. In this position the basket 53 will be near the top of thetub and in wringing position. The next shaft to the position indicatedin dotted` lines in Fig. 3. From this position, the

.elevated portions are swung around as indicated in Fig. 2 until theyare over the rinsin tub 13 when they are lowered so that t e basket 53will enter the tub and the top 15 be supported on the upper edge of thetub. The friction disk 29 is now moved into engagement with the innersurface of the anfge 42 of the pulley 40 so that\ the speed o therotating parts will be increased and though rotating in a directionopposite that when washing, such movement is immaterial to the properoperation of the machine as the basket 53 may rotate in either directionwith the same result. The clothes being rinsed thoroughly, they areremoved by raising the top 54 of the basket. After the washing iscompleted, the water is removed from the tubs through faucets 70 and 71connected to the bottoms of said tubs.

What is claimed is:

1. In a washing machine the combination with adjacently supportedwashing and rinsing tubs, a vertical shaft between said tubs, adapted torotate and to be moved longitudinally, a bracket journaled on saidshaft, a clothes basket supported by said bracket in position to beswung over and inserted in either of said tubs, means rotatable by saidshaft for imparting to said basket a simultaneous rotary and rectilinearmovement, means for driving said shaft, and shifting means operating onsaid driving means for causing it to rotate at different speeds.

2. In a washing machine the combination with adjacently supportedwashing and rinsing tubs, a vertical shaft between said tubs adapted torotate and to be moved longitudinally, a bracket journaled on saidshaft, a clothes receptacle, an upright shaft projecting upwardly fromsaid clothes receptacle and rotatable in said bracket, gearings operatedby said first named shaft or imparting a rotary and rectilinear movementthrough the upright shaft 'to the clothes receptacle, and driving meansfor said vertical shaft for optionally imparting different speedsthereto.

3. A clothes washin ing a washing Itub an a rinsing tub admachinecomprisjacelitly supported, a vertical shaft between said tubs, aSwingin bracket on said shaft, a clothes receptac e, an upright shaftfastened to said receptacle and journaled in said bracket `to movelongitudinally and adapted to swing freely with said bracket over eitherof said tubs lfor insertion thereinto, driving mechanism between thevertical shaft and said receptacle for imparting a silnultaneous rotaryand rectilinear movement thereto, and driving means for the verticalshaft capable of being rotated at different speeds.

4. A washing machine comprising a stand or bench, a washing tub and arinsing tub adjacently supported thereon, a vertical shaft journaled onsaid bench between the two tubs adapted to be rotated at differentRICHARD E." SMITH;

Witnesses: p

EUGENE T. LIPPINoo'rr, FLEErA MARSHALL.

